Edited on: October 8, 2025
Posted on: October 8, 2025
Nereaux
Verified ownerGames: 628 Reviews: 7
Flawed Game, but has the spirit of SH
(Finished on PS5) Team Silent represented a developer that was making thoughtful, mature, and highly experimental games in an era that was already more experimental than much of the modern AAA landscape. To that effect, this entry is spiritually faithful to Team Silent games. (leagues ahead of Origins, Homecoming, and Downpour.) This entry is far from perfect. My issues stem primiarily from how much the combat has been gamified and has a big stretch where you're forced into fights. I also think the visual imagery/locations needed to be more distinct between the different shrine sections. As far as the strongest elements of the Silent Hill series goes (Story, Music, Art direction) I would say this entry is very faithful. I would have loved a bit more melodic tracks from Yamaoka, but the industrial music here is top notch (especially in boss fights). The story, while seemingly more blunt than previous entries, actually invites you to think about stuff wayyyy past the blunt issues listed. This is a character driven story sprinkled in with mystery, and unpacking the mystery that gets revealed after finishing the game is the fun part. So yes, heavily flawed from the game deisgn/gameplay aspect, but waaay more than makes up for it in terms of the strongest elements of SH as a series (Music, Art, Experimentation, Narrative)
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